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Ascension is seeking a Tableau BI Reporting Specialist to support a federal client’s activity-based costing, financial analytics, cost modeling, and reporting environment. This position is aligned to Ascension’s Technical Specialist II labor category and is intended for a hands-on technical professional who can build and maintain Tableau dashboards, support reporting tools, automate data visualization outputs, and assist users with business intelligence and reporting needs.

This role is important because the client requires support to maintain and improve its activity-based costing structure, financial tools, dashboards, and reports. The work includes improving Tableau dashboards and other reports, supporting ABC coding and cost-allocation processes, assisting staff with ABC-related questions, reviewing code usage, and helping with workforce and position-costing analysis.

Ascension is looking for a candidate who understands how to translate financial, operational, and workforce data into clear visual reporting products that help leaders make timely and informed decisions. The ideal candidate will be technically capable, detail-oriented, responsive, and comfortable supporting both technical reporting tasks and business users who need help understanding reports, data outputs, and dashboard functionality.

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Tableau BI Reporting Specialist will provide technical execution support for dashboard development, reporting maintenance, data visualization, and business intelligence support in a federal financial analytics environment. The role will focus on building Tableau dashboards, maintaining reporting tools, supporting data visualization outputs, and helping client stakeholders use reports to understand cost, activity, workforce, and financial information.

The candidate should be comfortable working with structured data, financial or operational reporting datasets, Tableau dashboards, Excel-based analysis, and recurring reporting requirements. The role requires someone who can work independently on assigned technical tasks while coordinating with financial analysts, cost modelers, project managers, and government stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will bring strong attention to detail, the ability to organize data clearly, and the judgment to identify when reporting outputs may need validation, correction, or improvement. The candidate should be able to support customers who may not be technical users by explaining dashboard outputs, documenting reporting steps, and helping improve the usability of reporting products.

Tools and processes likely needed for the customer include Tableau, Excel, data quality checks, dashboard refresh procedures, reporting templates, data dictionaries, user guides, issue trackers, dashboard enhancement logs, and recurring reporting processes. Experience with CostPerform, federal financial systems, ABC structures, Quicktime, FBMS, or related timekeeping/accounting systems would be a strong advantage because the RFI specifically asks vendors to note familiarity with BSEE’s IT and accounting systems, including FBMS, Quicktime, ABC, and CostPerform.

Anticipated Day-to-Day Activities

The Tableau BI Reporting Specialist will be expected to:

• Build Tableau dashboards, views, filters, calculations, and visualizations that support activity-based costing, financial analytics, workforce analysis, and cost reporting.
• Maintain existing Tableau dashboards and reporting tools to ensure reports remain accurate, current, and usable.
• Automate recurring data visualization outputs where feasible using Tableau, Excel, Power Query, scheduled extracts, or approved reporting workflows.
• Validate source data, dashboard calculations, and report outputs to identify inconsistencies, missing values, or data quality issues.
• Support ABC coding and cost-allocation reporting by developing visuals that show trends, patterns, exceptions, and code usage.
• Assist users with dashboard navigation, report interpretation, and recurring reporting questions.
• Document dashboard logic, data sources, field definitions, refresh processes, and known reporting assumptions.
• Create or update report templates, job aids, dashboard guides, and user-facing instructions.
• Coordinate with financial analysts, cost modelers, and project managers to convert business questions into reporting requirements.
• Review reporting requirements and recommend practical improvements to dashboard layout, data filters, drilldowns, and report usability.
• Support workforce and position-costing analysis through dashboard development, data tables, charts, and summary visuals.
• Prepare status updates on reporting tasks, dashboard enhancements, issues, and pending decisions.
• Participate in working sessions with client stakeholders to gather feedback, clarify reporting needs, and demonstrate dashboard updates.
• Maintain version control for dashboard files, data extracts, documentation, and reporting artifacts.
• Support ad hoc data analysis and reporting requests using Tableau, Excel, and other approved BI tools.